Syd’s Moore Theatre Show Was Gay Church

Alternative R&B singer and producer Syd named her third full-length solo album Beard as a nod to growing out her “peach fuzz” mustache. The title couldn’t be more appropriate as she embraces her own standards of attractiveness and steps into a more secure, mature era as a newly sober, married queer woman, and she brought that newfound confidence to her performance at the Moore Theatre last night. The second night of the Beard tour opened with a set from rising South Seattle R&B artist Jaymin, who had a voice like molten honey. Then Syd herself bounded onto stage in a floppy red beanie. She worked the crowd expertly, pointing to fans, dancing with the mic stand all over the stage, and making everyone in the room feel like she was singing just to them. During the track “No Looking Back,” she handed the mic to a woman in the front row, who belted into it with impressive pitch.

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